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Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act
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4. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by the deletion of “or advertisements” in each place it occurs, and
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(ii) by the substitution of “stationery or signage” for “stationery, signage”,
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) Where a person communicates in writing, by electronic mail or through social media in an official language with a public body, the public body shall reply in the same language.”,
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and
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(c) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (3):
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“(3) Where a public body communicates in writing or by electronic mail with the general public or a class of the general public for the purpose of furnishing information to the public or the class or for the purpose of the marketing of the public body or its services to the public or the class, the body shall ensure that the communication is in the Irish language or in the Irish and English languages.
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(4) Where the communication referred to in subsection (3) is in both the Irish and English languages—
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(a) the part of the text that is in the Irish language shall not be in a smaller font, or less prominent, visible or legible than the part of the text that is in the English language, and
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(b) where part of the text that is in the Irish language is abbreviated, the part of the text that is in the English language which is the translation of that abbreviated text shall also be abbreviated.”.
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